Thomas Girgensohn's Australian Wine Reviews - and Beyond

Towards the end of the year, I often check what 'needs to be drunk' from the cellar. Last night I had my last bottle of 1991 Mount M...

I mentioned the Cabernets from Margaret River and Coonawarra in the last post. Yet some of the most memorable Bordeaux style wines come from...

Like for most of you, I suspect, my palate and interest changes over time. For a while, I was quite interested in fruit concentration. You m...

Thank you for your comments. Good to see a bit of interaction. Jansz seems to have had a good Christmas. My choice of Champagne was Cloudy B...

I am interested to know what you guys are drinking during the festive season. Let's make this a real flow of comments! Otherwise, after ...

Yelland & Papps are a young couple with a virtual winery operation in the Barossa. Their wines are pretty well made, not over the top, a...

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A couple of days ago I had a glass of Charlie Melton's 2009 Rose of Virginia . This reminded me how this was probably the first savoury ...

I reviewed the 2005 vintage of this wine a little while ago. Tonight I had the 2008 Shaw & Smith M3 Vineyard Chardonnay. This has really...

I had the 2 006 Bay of Fires Pinot Noir tonight. Nice to drink this now. Not very complex, but bright flavours of strawberry, not weak, qui...

I decided to drink a couple of bottles of McLaren Vale Shiraz to compare with the latest experiences. These may be the last big wines from t...

Bindi Chardonnays get as close to the Burgundian role model as any Australian Chardonnay. The 2008 Bindi Quartz Chardonnay is no exception....